Is Oedipus a good example of Greek Tragedy? According to the words of Aristotle, Oedipus is considered to be a good example of a Greek tragedy. This is because the structure consisted of a plot, character and song. A good tragedy must have a well-constructed plot. The plot in Oedipus included the aspect of reversal, for example, when Oedipus finds out the truth about whom his real parents were, it is expected that he would have a good reaction.
Another time in the play when we see how Creon is a practical man is when he makes his judgment on Antigone. “I’m not about to prove myself a liar, not to my people, no, I’m going to kill her!” He doesn’t seem to care that Antigone is his niece, or the mother of the heir of Thebes; he still sentences her to death for her actions. He is proving to the chorus and his people that he can be a fair king. I think that this is an important aspect in the novel because this is one of the things Creon does in order to gain the respect and allegiance of the people of Thebes. Despite Creon showing us that he is capable of making fair decisions, he is still rash and unjust.
At the start of the play, Shakespeare introduces Claudius as a wise and confidant ruler with no apparent flaw. He portrays himself to be mourning for the recent loss of his brother the prior king. As the play goes on, Hamlet learns of his father’s murder which causes him to act unusually. Claudius, sensing Hamlet’s change in character, employs his servants to spy on his nephew. His suspicion of Hamlet is only minor until he watches the play written by Hamlet.
Oedipus and Creon are similar in this sense, that their differing characters allow us to analyze one character at a time. Creon serves as a foil character to Oedipus in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex through his personality, style of power, and views of their lifestyle. During the time of the play, Gods were worshipped not in the theological sense, but in the belief of them being the forces of nature. When Oedipus is informed of his city’s turmoil, he expresses concern for his people, but when he hears the Chorus desperately crying to the gods, he answers with “You pray to the gods? Let me grant your prayers.
Odysseus is a character that has a remarkable amount of depth to him. Many of Homer’s characters are well-developed, even minor characters having a background and strong story. Odysseus is an epic hero by many definitions, stretching and branches out much farther than just the limits on English literature. Odysseus’s development allows him to be more than just a Mary-Sue, but to also have flaws and iradmirable qualities. To identify Odysseus as an epic hero, you first need to know what an epic hero is.
Everyman has turned his back on God and set his sights on things that are not deemed important at the time of reckoning. Death comes to order Everyman to his journey of reckoning, and Everyman wants to bring someone along. Now everyone else will begin to deceive Everyman. The second time we see deception in Everyman is when Everyman turns to his dearest friend, Fellowship for help. Fellowship sees Everyman troubled and informs them that he would be happy to help.
Harlan 1 Chloe Harlan Mrs. Tubbs Period 3 02 May 2013 John Proctor; The Tragic Hero In the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is portrayed as the tragic hero. He is a man of dignity and integrity, but beneath his tough outer exterior lays a defeated man. Having knowledge of committing adultery, he is gnawed by his feeling of guilt, which leaves him powerless to do anything about it. As the plot of the play unfolds, his admirable characteristics are presented to the reader by his actions that contrast him against other characters in the Puritan town of Salem. Back in the day, Proctor had everything your average Puritan man could want: a goodly farm to ceaselessly toil upon, three goodly sons to discipline, and a goodly wife with whom to make a home.
In the two plays, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Macbeth’, the key characters transgress the social moral boundaries. However, Shakespeare manages to create sympathy towards the protagonists. In ‘Macbeth’, he creates sympathy for Macbeth as he shows the tragic downfall of a heroic hero in despair and how he was forced into all his wrong doings. Whereas in ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Shakespeare makes the audience feel sympathy towards the young couple as other people are also to blame for their relationship not happening and how they are ‘star crossed lovers’. In this essay, I am going to explain how Shakespeare manages to sympathize with these protagonists.
The ancient Greek epic tradition was an oral-formulaic tradition. In oral-formulaic traditions, generations of poet performers develop a special poetic language that consists of a vast number of metrical phrases (formulae) and longer story elements (themes or type-scenes) out of which long narrative poems are extemporaneously constructed. Although this technique may seem restrictive and eliminating originality, in fact, the poets were able to use many of the same literary devices used by modern novelists. Techniques For the Odyssey to be the well-known story that it is today, Homer's telling of the Odyssey must have been well worth listening to. One of the characteristics of a good story, now as then, is that the audience is captivated, glued to their seats, so to speak.
The actions of people pursuing their goals eventually show true intentions. In Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, Miller analyzes the characters of John Proctor and Reverend Parris by how they attempt to influence the outcome of the trials through their internal conflicts, behaviors, and decisions. To begin, Miller portrays John Proctor as one of the most important that attempt to influence the outcome of the trials. To prove, towards the end of the play, Proctor faces his internal conflict in order to proceed to do what is right. For example, when Proctor signs the papers, “His breast heaving, his eyes staring, Proctor tears the paper and crumples it, and he is weeping in fury, but erect” (208).